2007-04-05 16:52:49 · 21 answers · asked by babes_mate 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Option A: Play copycat. Repeat everything they say.
Option B: They are
-selling mortgage: give 'em false info so that they CAN'T help you.
-selling magazines/subscriptions: tell 'em you already have 'em and rant about all the things you dislike about it.
-asking donations: ask the telemarketer how much they've donated. if none, "you have some nerve asking me to donate, how about you, you s.o.b!"
2007-04-05 18:06:58 · answer #1 · answered by Shae C 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I have time to play, I start asking the telemarketer a whole bunch of questions about their product. It's so much fun since most of these telemarketers are reading from a manual and get flustered if they get interrupted while reading their script.
My favourite is the insurance telemarketers. I ask them if my goldfish can be my beneficiary. For every benefit they give me for joining, I ask a "what if" question. It's so funny cuz they don't know the answer and you can hear in the stress in their voice. I started this game cuz I tried the "do not call" list and it did not work. They still called everyday. Now they don't call as much.
2007-04-06 00:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by ♥☆ Star ☆♥ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I take either of two tracks:
A) I hang right up in the middle of a sentance.
B) I play games with them like pretending to answer the door, or ask them to repeat what they said 'cause I am hard of hearing or pretend I am in the bathroom and make rude noises and tell them I have to put down the phone to flush.
I have no mercy on these jerks when they violate my privacy.
2007-04-06 06:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by mitchell2020 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mostly, I try and be polite - but sometimes you get the real hard sell, shameless people who call time and time again. If you get one of these, try the following:
"Just a minute, I'll go and fetch a pencil, can you hold the line?" And then leave them for five or ten minutes while you go and do something better with your life.
2007-04-06 02:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by emmax2304 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard a great line on Sienfeld. (sitcom)Jerry answered the phone, its a telemarketer, he tells him he's busy. He finally says, "why don't you give me your number and I'll call you back." Then he says,"oh...what...you don't like being bothered at home while you're eating dinner or spending time with your family?....hello?"
2007-04-06 01:44:24 · answer #5 · answered by Teresa t 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say, "No. Thank you." and hang up or ask them to take me off the call list. You'd have to have NO LIFE AT ALL to want to stay on the phone with them longer than that.
2007-04-06 00:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them that my name is on the DA's No Call List then hang up.
(Or if I am too tired to argue, sometimes I just hang up on them without saying a word.)
2007-04-05 23:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by Oklahoman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tell them "no, take me off the call list." If I just hang-up, they will call back the next day.
2007-04-05 23:58:28 · answer #8 · answered by MONK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on your mood... sometimes I let them talk and say what they have to and i say something like, will your company buy that for me because I don't have money or something like that, they laugh you laugh-phonecall ends.
Sometimes you just have to stop them and be like "Sorry I'm waiting for a phone call" or "I have to run out" and it's rude, but they know you hate their job and they hate thier job.
2007-04-06 00:46:45 · answer #9 · answered by Blabbermouthknowitall 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tell them I'm on the no-call list and ask them to not call me again.
2007-04-05 23:56:18 · answer #10 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋